I am having some difficult finding those answers as well, since I understand the prepending different lengths with ISP for inbound routing for my class C block space, which I have a few of.   I didn't know - that there is default values that can be used. How do you know what default value to use and if it will be good enough to provide the mechanism of desired results? ... View more

Maybe I worded it poorly. I influence inbound traffic traffic by prepending full C blocks. My company has 6 full C blocks, and I route inbound traffic via specific ISP links. In addition, I can designate which ISP is 'primary" inbound, and 'secondary" for particular C blocks. I was looking at how to migrate from prepending a configuration like "ASN ASN ASN ASN ASN" on secondary, while "ASN" on primary. I am just learning about Communities, so any input and comments are welcomed and are helpful. ... View more

Most of of my Switches are Cisco: 2960x, number of Nexus flavors and a few ASA. However, I do have some edge: Juniper, Fortigate Firewalls and Palo Alto firewalls. I say the environment is evenly mixed with Cisco 2960x switches winning out. ... View more

I am looking for a 100% automation tool, so that is a positive to hear. I know a project manager who runs my team is looking for EVERYTHING in one place, and wants support. ... View more

Hi do you have a link that shows Prime being EOL? I have a project manager that is pushing/selling Prime hard; however, I am on the fence. ... View more

You make a good point about being compiled. I have used Perl in the past, and use Perl Packer to roll into executable; however, I have noted used the Perl Expect module from CPAN. Can you recommend a good CPAN Expect module?   I guess I can look into the Expect module for Python; however, always liked the native Expect/Tcl support the best. Yet not sure if you can compile Tcl scripts that leverage Expect.     ... View more

Thank you for the script. I should have pointed out that I am using 2960x - is anyone still using 2k Cat switches? I thought those units were end of life and if so, TIME FOR UPGRADE!!!     ... View more

I like the idea of a central location to manage my 'backup script'; however, I have some reservations about putting a password in my script, or another file. Has any played around with Hashing passwords from the shadow file on Linux? I am not sure how this would even be done on Windows. I understand that on Linux I can use 'root' and store the script and password file; however, I have a number of admins that have 'root' and or sudo/su access. Due to the latter, not sure if having a script to backup devices is a good fit for my environment. I will have to check out rancid, it has been sometime since I used it, which was like 5-7 years ago. Do you know if Rancid supports Nexus:7k, 5k devices? ... View more